Tax & Compliance Senior Accountant
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About the Role
Independent Food Company seeks a Tax & Compliance Senior Accountant to own day-to-day tax and statutory compliance across UAE and UK entities. Responsibilities include UAE VAT and Corporate Tax, UK tax, transfer pricing, e-invoicing readiness, and regulatory compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Own the compliance calendar: Build and run a single tax & statutory calendar across all entities and jurisdictions; zero missed or late filings.
- Prepare & file UAE VAT: Accurate, on time returns reconciled to the GL; manage reverse charge and aggregator treatment; lead any voluntary disclosure remediation.
- Deliver UAE Corporate Tax: Confirm registrations; prepare the first CT filing; maintain IFRS to tax reconciliation, deferred tax workings, and reliefs/elections under Decree Law 47/2022.
- Coordinate UK tax: Manage UK VAT / CT compliance for the Public entity with external advisors; keep positions consistent with the group.
- Maintain transfer pricing documentation: Keep TP policy and Master / Local File current per OECD / UAE thresholds; document factory to outlet and intercompany pricing.
- Quantify & remediate exposure: Build and maintain the tax exposure and penalty register; drive remediation with the Financial Controller and external advisors.
- Manage e invoicing readiness: Partner with the ERP / digital team on UAE (and GCC) e invoicing mandates; ensure system and process readiness ahead of deadlines.
- Own ESR / UBO / AML compliance: Complete and maintain ESR notifications/reports, UBO registrations, and AML/KYC alignment for vendor and entity onboarding.
- Support external audit & FTA: Provide tax schedules and reconciliations for external audit and FTA queries; respond to authority correspondence.
- Manage external advisors: Day to day liaison with Big 4 / specialist advisors; brief them, review deliverables, and internalise the knowledge.
- Develop the junior & document: Coach the Tax Junior (Saroj); document SOPs so tax compliance is process driven, not person dependent.
Requirements
- Qualified or part qualified — ACCA / CA / CTA / CMA or equivalent; a recognised tax qualification or diploma preferred
- 5–8 years in tax & compliance, including hands on UAE VAT and UAE Corporate Tax experience
- Practical exposure to FTA processes, voluntary disclosures, and tax authority correspondence
- Familiarity with transfer pricing, ESR, UBO, and AML obligations in the UAE
- UK tax exposure (or readiness to manage UK advisors) advantageous
- F&B / multi outlet / e commerce (aggregator) experience an advantage
- Strong ERP (NetSuite or equivalent) and Excel skills; precise, deadline driven, and audit minded
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Company Overview
- Independent Food Company is a UAE based hospitality company with multiple concepts: SALT, Parker's, Somewhere, Public, Soil, Shalwa and Kumo.
Scope of Function
- Indirect tax — UAE VAT: registration, periodic returns, input tax recovery, reverse charge, aggregator / e commerce treatment, voluntary disclosures, FTA audit support.
- Corporate tax — UAE CT (Federal Decree Law 47/2022): registration, first period filing, deferred tax, reliefs/elections, IFRS to tax reconciliation.
- UK tax — VAT and Corporation Tax for the Public (UK) entity, in coordination with UK advisors.
- Transfer pricing — intercompany policy, Master File / Local File documentation, factory to outlet pricing support.
- Regulatory & substance — Economic Substance (ESR), UBO registration, AML/KYC alignment; licensing / regulatory filings per GEO.
- E invoicing — readiness for UAE (and KSA / Egypt) mandates, coordinated with the digital / ERP team.
- Payroll & social insurance tax — compliance touchpoints across UAE and other jurisdictions as they arise.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the compliance calendar: Build and run a single tax & statutory calendar across all entities and jurisdictions; zero missed or late filings.
- Prepare & file UAE VAT: Accurate, on time returns reconciled to the GL; manage reverse charge and aggregator treatment; lead any voluntary disclosure remediation.
- Deliver UAE Corporate Tax: Confirm registrations; prepare the first CT filing; maintain IFRS to tax reconciliation, deferred tax workings, and reliefs/elections under Decree Law 47/2022.
- Coordinate UK tax: Manage UK VAT / CT compliance for the Public entity with external advisors; keep positions consistent with the group.
- Maintain transfer pricing documentation: Keep TP policy and Master / Local File current per OECD / UAE thresholds; document factory to outlet and intercompany pricing.
- Quantify & remediate exposure: Build and maintain the tax exposure and penalty register; drive remediation with the Financial Controller and external advisors.
- Manage e invoicing readiness: Partner with the ERP / digital team on UAE (and GCC) e invoicing mandates; ensure system and process readiness ahead of deadlines.
- Own ESR / UBO / AML compliance: Complete and maintain ESR notifications/reports, UBO registrations, and AML/KYC alignment for vendor and entity onboarding.
- Support external audit & FTA: Provide tax schedules and reconciliations for external audit and FTA queries; respond to authority correspondence.
- Manage external advisors: Day to day liaison with Big 4 / specialist advisors; brief them, review deliverables, and internalise the knowledge.
- Develop the junior & document: Coach the Tax Junior (Saroj); document SOPs so tax compliance is process driven, not person dependent.
Qualifications & Experience
- Qualified or part qualified — ACCA / CA / CTA / CMA or equivalent; a recognised tax qualification or diploma preferred.
- 5–8 years in tax & compliance, including hands on UAE VAT and UAE Corporate Tax experience.
- Practical exposure to FTA processes, voluntary disclosures, and tax authority correspondence.
- Familiarity with transfer pricing, ESR, UBO, and AML obligations in the UAE.
- UK tax exposure (or readiness to manage UK advisors) advantageous; multi jurisdiction experience preferred.
- F&B / multi outlet / e commerce (aggregator) experience an advantage.
- Strong ERP (NetSuite or equivalent) and Excel skills; precise, deadline driven, and audit minded.
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